Newmont TS Power Plant Project
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Richard
Gerspacher pictured on the right, wearing the (light gray suit).
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Richard
Gerspacher, PM at Fluor, recently delivered a presentation on the Newmont
TS Power Plant Project at the PMI® Palmetto
Chapter in Greenville, South Carolina.
Mr. Gerspacher's
presentation drew a crowd of 85 people as he presented on the "2009
PMI® Project of the Year", the Newmont
TS Power Plant project. During the presentation he explained why the
Newmont project won this prestigious award and he shared the two most
"project differentiators" that made this project world class.
Download
the presentation.
We're Looking for Contributors to the DPC SIG Newsletter!
We're looking for individuals
to contribute articles or news items to the DPC SIG newsletter,
Project
Management Standard:
- Write an article
telling us about your experiences with construction-related projects
(PMPs can earn PDUs for articles they have written). - Contribute an interesting article or news item that you have found.
- Share your knowledge and experiences with others by providing useful tips.
- Direct us to informative PM and construction-related web sites.
Deadline
for submission: March 1.
Submit to vccommunications@dpcsig.org.
DPC
SIG Lapel Pins Available for Members
As
a token of the DPC SIG's appreciation for your participation in the SIG,
we would like to send you a lapel pin. We
encourage all members to wear the pin at PMI® chapter
and international events and to look for, and network with, other DPC
SIG members wearing their pins. Show your pride in the DPC SIG!
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a DPC SIG pin - Be sure to include your mailing address.
Leadership
and Management in Engineering Special Issue: "Moving Toward Partnerships:
The Challenge for Emerging Master Builder Engineers"
DPC SIG members are invited to submit an article to the Leadership
and Management in Engineering (LME) journal for a special issue
focusing on the practical initiatives engineers and other major project
stakeholders are introducing to achieve the outcomes presented in "Achieving
the Vision for Civil Engineering in 2025: A Roadmap for the Profession."
Important Dates
- Last date for receipt of abstract: 15 Sept. 2010
- Last date for receipt of manuscript: 15 Nov. 2010
- Special issue publish date: April 2011
Learn
more
As
the world becomes smaller, project managers have to think bigger.
"In the past, the role of the project manager has been to organize
and develop a process, communicate that process, and implement it throughout
that organization," says Belle Collins Brown, PMP, a contributing
author to the book Project Management Circa 2025. "Now we need project
managers who have vision and can look at what's going on in the organization
… then look at the bigger picture and make decisions not based on
day-to-day details, but for the long term." Read
on.
Gaylord
National Hotel & Convention Center
11-14 July 2010
Washington, DC
The PMI® Research and Education Conference 2010
brings together the audience of scholars, senior practitioners and students
of project management and allied disciplines. It provides the opportunity
for attendees to present and discuss new project management research findings
and teaching methods. The conference registration will be available on
a first-come, first-served basis.
Register before
9 April 2010 and save hundreds of dollars on your registration fees and
ensure space is available.
You can honor project management excellence when you nominate project professionals, organizations, scholars, authors and continuing professional education providers for 2010 PMI Professional Awards.
Excellence, innovation
and hard work should be rewarded. Please nominate or apply for these prestigious
honors. The
nomination deadline for many PMI Professional Awards is
26 April 2010. Nominations for PMI’s most coveted Project
of the Year Award are due by
1 March 2010. Learn
more.
FREE
Webinars for DPC SIG Members
DPC
SIG members have access to previous MetSIG Congress webinars and archived
webinars. Simply enter promo code DPCSMET8 when
ordering your webinar on metsig.org.
This promo code also allows access to an extensive list of archived webinars,
so be sure to checkout previously
recorded webinars.
We're Looking for
Webinar Presenters!
The DPC SIG is looking for presenters to deliver one-hour webinars during
the fourth annual
Metrxx Global Online Congress in April 2010. The webinars will
be included in a DPC-related track.
If you would like to deliver a webinar, please
contact us by March 1, 2010.
PMI
ISSIG PDS'10 -
Registration Now Open
Registration
is now open for the annual Professional Development Symposium held
in Seattle, June 27-30, 2010. This year’s event takes a twist, as
it will be a joint offering from the Puget Sound chapter of PMI (PSPMI)
and the PMI Information Systems Specific Interest Group (PMI-ISSIG).
IT’S TIME TO LOOK UP is the theme for this year’s
event. It symbolizes a return to promise the future holds for Project
Managers by encouraging attendees to invest in their future. The unique
array of keynotes, workshops, and presentations provide an opportunity
to earn up to 20 PDUs.
“I am very excited to offer PDS 2010 to our members,” states
Theresa Bivens, PDS 2010 Program Manager. “We have confirmed a wide-variety
of topics that will interest everyone; from the rapid-fire change of IT
in the new economy, to leading projects through to successful completion."